Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

The curious minds at What If explore the extraordinary consequences if you mated with an alien and had hybrid offspring, examining the biological, social, and cultural implications.

The race to develop a virtual scientist—an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication—has ...

A brief remark from former President Barack Obama about aliens being «real» ignited a wave of viral speculation this week, prompting him to quickly clarify what he meant. The comment, made during a ...

Lara Trump said her father-in-law has prepared a speech on the existence of extraterrestrial life. Speaking on the New York ...

Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...

Vance disputes Fox polling on the midterms, and argues that Republicans continue to undo Biden-era economic damage nationwide.

Even the most devoted cultist is, in some sense, having fun Some conspiracy theories are more interesting than others. The most boring kind is also the most popular. Somewhere, there’s a sinister ...

But the real truth is that alien life on other planets could be even stranger than floating balloons or amorphous organisms ...